With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...

Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...

While mild cases make up the majority of autism diagnoses, "profound" autism affects about 27% of American children with the developmental disability, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

As the parents of a 5-year-old son, Asa, who is diagnosed with “level 3” or “profound” autism, there are many challenges that this form of autism presents in our daily lives. Profound autism is often ...

As a father of a daughter with profound disabilities, my 14-year journey has encompassed agonizing isolation, relentless defeat, and overwhelming uncertainty. Firsthand, I’ve experienced that fathers ...

July is Disability Awareness Month and I thought it appropriate to discuss a pivotal piece of legislation that impacted all people with disabilities, and our society at large. The Americans with ...

It was pure coincidence that I happened upon the bloody site. Hoping to surprise my son, I drove to his favorite walking trail, along a lakefront, where I caught sight of police officers in a tense ...